Talk about a ringing endorsement. When one of the most famous people on the planet wears your pants not once but several times, you've got to know that business will be brisk. Looking chic and sporty, Oprah Winfrey has graced two covers as well as several inside pages of O, The Oprah Magazine, rocking pants designed by Lisette Limoges and her husband Neil Small.

CALGARY - Calgary had the best year-over-year price growth for repeat home sales in October, according to the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index. The index, which was released Wednesday, said Calgary prices were up 6.7 per cent from a year ago while the national composite of 11 centres showed an annual increase of 3.1 per cent.

CALGARY - Price growth for repeat home sales in Calgary topped the national average in September and was the second highest year-over-year hike in the country. According to the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index, which was released Tuesday, Calgary saw prices jump by 5.6 per cent from last year. Hamilton led the country with 5.9 per cent year-over-year growth. The national composite of 11 centres experienced a 2.7 per cent increase.

Focus, as it should, remains on those players in town. Front and centre of the still-standing gang is Sean Monahan, sixth overall pick at this past summer’s National Hockey League draft. And while the teen is impressing local observers with his savvy displays, the Calgary Flames were aware of what they had all along.

CALGARY — A Global Cities report ranks Calgary ninth in the world for economic prosperity and development with Ottawa-Gatineau getting the top rating. The Martin Prosperity Institute, with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, a think-tank investigating the role of place in economic prosperity, measured how cities throughout the world are performing based on the three T’s of economic development — technology, talent and tolerance — along with a fourth measurement, the quality of place.

CALGARY — Prices for repeat home sales in Calgary continued to climb in July, registering the second highest year-over-year hike in the country, according to the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index. The index, released on Wednesday, showed Calgary prices rose by 5.9 per cent from July 2012. Only Hamilton had a bigger increase at 6.7 per cent.

CALGARY — Calgary price growth for repeat home sales was among the best in Canada in June, according to the latest Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index. On a year-over-year basis, prices in the city rose by 5.5 per cent — behind only Hamilton (7.0 per cent) and Quebec City (5.6 per cent).

CALGARY — Calgary experienced the best monthly growth rate in house prices in May for repeat home sales across the country, according to a new report released Wednesday. The Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index said prices in Calgary were up 2.3 per cent from the previous month.

Jo-Anne Swanson manages her stress level quite vigilantly. She exercises and meditates every day, and practises yoga. That's because in 2005, at the age of 44, she suffered a heart attack that very nearly claimed her life.

Lawyers have filed a class-action civil lawsuit in Calgary on behalf of more than 500,000 people whose personal information was contained on a computer drive lost by the federal government. The federal government revealed last week a portable drive containing information connected to 583,000 student loan recipients went missing sometime last year.

Alberta-based Enbridge can't say what impact millions of dollars in cuts to federal environmental emergency staff would have on its oil-spill response plan for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, even though the plan relies partly on federal help if a spill were to occur.

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